Topic: What did you do in the garden today?

[gwynnethmary]

potted on some brocolli- although I was in the kitchen and not in the garden.

[cornykev]

Potted on some more Tommies.     ;D ;D ;D

[Petera]

Watched it  pour down with rain, from the safety of the kitchen. :(

[manicscousers]

found the first of the maris bard spuds are showing(not the spud challenge, unfortunately)  , lots of parsnips up, Ray cleared away all the old dead leaves etc from the strawberry beds, checked the peach trees, budding up so fleeced them, ear buds at the ready to pollinate  ;D
transplanted loads of pansies for the plant sale, came home and ate plot soup  ;D

[grawrc]

checked the peach trees, budding up so fleeced them,

Bit concerned about this. My little one - as I think I told you - has peaches already and is in full leaf. I think I'll give it a shock and move it outside! ;D

[gwynnethmary]

bought horse manure from local nursery (just got started so none of our own yet!) and dug it in to potato and cauliflower beds.  One was lovely and friable, the other very NOT- 2 beds right next to each other- hopefully this time next year they'll all be great to work.  Spread some Poundland fleece ready to sow carrots and parsnips.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Planted leeks (Musselburgh), garlic chives and honesty. Yesterday it was BB's (Red Epicure) and pot marigolds.

[manicscousers]

Bit concerned about this. My little one - as I think I told you - has peaches already and is in full leaf. I think I'll give it a shock and move it outside! ;D

wouldn't do that with the weather heading your way  ;D
brilliant day today, transplanted plug flowers for plant sale, planted up some lollo rosso lettuce and ishikura onions, fielderkraut cabbage and fillbasket sprouts, noticed the radish are up in the hot bed, no sign of the carrots yet..took some bacopa cuttings and pinched out the flowers, put some slug safe pellets around the lettuce bed..had a cuppa and a laugh  ;D

[steve76]

 Got out there at last ;D  Put in 2 rows of early pots 2 rows carrots 1 row beetroot and i row of peas that a chat with some of the other lotty people ;)

[artichoke]

Bemused my neighbour by digging up a partly blanched dandelion (while planting potatoes) and remembering how tasty blanched dandelion leaves are. Nibbled a few.

Dug out a small fertile space where I had stacked compost to smother nettles and brambles etc, and replanted the dandelions under large black pots with a brick on top.

In 2 or 3  weeks, I hope to pick some salad off them. They taste like chicory. Might as well make use of the annoying things.

[tonybloke]

planted 50 red onion sets, and a 4ft x 15 ft bed of broad beans. prepared a bed (4ft x 10 ft) for some squash. all done by 10.30 this morning, as had to attend AGM of Norfolk Beekeepers today.

[saddad]

Dug up the last two rows of Parsnips and carrots... to get ten rows of Potatos in the bed. Cleaned out a greenhouse... sowed some carrots...  :)

[Ninnyscrops.]

Planted 157 white and 118 red onion sets (sold by weight).

Dibbed holes and backfilled, sowed two parsnip seeds in each and a line of Florence Fennel.

Got soaked at 1.30 went back at 4.30 to weed asparagus bed and got soaked again at 5pm so gave up  :(

Ninny

[grawrc]

Funny time for fennel? I normally sow midsummer.. ???

[Ninnyscrops.]

Funny time for fennel? I normally sow midsummer.. ???

Thought I was having a senior moment so have just checked the packet.......... sow anytime from March to early July outdoors.    We like it grated in salads so should be able to harvest from late July/early August Grawrc.

Ninny

[Jayb]

Yesterday I planted 12 asparagus crowns, I'm hoping these will crop a little later to the other bed.
Potted up tomato seedlings in the greenhouse.

[Mr Smith]

 Had a rotovating session this morning also had the broad beans and other plants outside to harden off ready to go in next weekend whatever the weather, :) 

[grawrc]

Funny time for fennel? I normally sow midsummer.. ???

Thought I was having a senior moment so have just checked the packet.......... sow anytime from March to early July outdoors.    We like it grated in salads so should be able to harvest from late July/early August Grawrc.

Ninny

me too! So I'll pop some seed in pronto. Probably in a pot indoors for now since snow is forecast. :o

[manicscousers]

took lots of photos of stuff coming up, transplanted banana shallots, , sowed some more romanesco broccoli and best of all swede, going to try modules for the swede, after advice from this site  ;D

[saddad]

Sowed some more carrots, parsnips, radish and Broad beans... and the twenty varieties of tomatoes we want to grow...
We are having a non-NGS Plant Sale on May 9th (Sunday 11-5pm) If there is a specific variety you want let us know... between us DebP and I probably have it..
www.littleoverlaneallotments.org.uk  ;D